JPS63276545A - Method and device for preparing stack of series of document with header from plurality of header-less print - Google Patents

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Applications> The present invention provides a stack of a series of indexed certificates from printed paper consisting of a continuous web or a plurality of independent sheets, each sheet containing a plurality of printed parts. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Documents, such as banknotes, each having its own identifying heading, are usually produced from printed sheets. Each sheet has a matrix of certificate printing without headings. The sheets are sequentially fed to a heading device where each printed portion is given a respective heading. The sheets ejected from the indexer are stacked and the stack is cut along the rows and columns between prints to form respective document stacks.

Each sheet can have, for example, up to 8 rows and 12 columns, or 96 printed parts.

Typically, each printed section has its own heading in two places. To add headings to one sheet like this, use 19
2 indexing operations are required.

Each heading can consist of a 6-digit number and a 4-digit prefix or suffix. These headings are printed by a letterpress printing process using numbers and letters as a heading device arranged around ten printing wheels mounted on a common rotating shaft. In this case, there will be 192 such indexing devices. Typically, the prefix or suffix is set manually, but the six-digit heading automatically advances one unit as each sheet passes through the heading device after it is initially set.

If each printed part has a unique prefix or suffix, and there are X printed parts on a sheet, then
There is no need for manual settings until X million items are indexed. If X is a large number such as 96, the number to be printed will be sufficiently large. If the number required is a fraction of X million, groups of indexers can be set to the same prefix/suffix. For example 1
If there are 8 lines of 0 printed parts, we typically assign a different prefix/suffix to each of the 8 lines, and 100. between the heading numbers for each of the 10 printed parts on each line.
By setting a level of 000, it is possible to print 8 million pieces. However, fewer uniquely numbered materials may cause problems if the process is dictated. Errors are likely to occur during manual reconfiguration, resulting in incorrectly headed certificates or creating new security issues.

It is not uncommon for the dimensions of each certificate, and therefore the number of certificates on each sheet, to vary depending on factors such as the type of certificate. These dimensional changes create difficulties when changing from one type to another, reducing productivity and increasing manufacturing costs.

There is always the possibility of print smearing on the sheet, resulting in a buildup of defective documents. Various solutions have been proposed to the problem of removing defective paper from a stack of documents.

EPO 167196 proposes a method for detecting defective prints on continuous multi-line paper prior to indexing and creating the required uninterrupted series of indexes from clean prints in a indexing stage. In this proposal, smear printing is immediately removed downstream of the indexing stage thin after the sheets are cut into each certificate and before stacking.

<Problem to be Solved by the Invention> One problem with the proposal of EPO 167196 is that the difference in the number of defaced certificates in each web line cannot be changed, and the difference in the number of defaced certificates in one web line cannot be changed while the final heading remains in another line. The final heading of the series of headings selected in a row is reached. To print all the required series of headings on every line, you must print a certain number of headings without headings or with crossed headings on every line except the last one printed. These unheaded or canceled header prints must be removed downstream of the header stacy line.

The second problem is that when a failure occurs in the indexing device of the indexing stage thin, a document with defective indexes is generated. For example, the headline printer may not be supplied with ink or the headline advance device may not operate.

EPO 167196 lacks a solution to this problem.

The third issue concerns safety.

A good rule of thumb in certificate printing distribution is that third party access to the certificate stream should be minimized to prevent unauthorized removal of prints from the equipment. E
In the proposal of PO 167196, relatively more mechanical operations are performed downstream of the indexing station;
Therefore, if monitoring of the equipment is required, the possibility of unauthorized third party intervention in the final line, even if only intermittently, increases.

Furthermore, in a series of properly headed deeds,
There is a relatively large number of certificates other than series headings that must be removed as part of a bundle of individual certificates at the end of the final line. Ensuring that these exceptional certificates are not lost or stolen increases the cost of the process.

Means to solve problems〉 The present invention aims to alleviate these problems.

A first feature of the present invention is to print a series of unique identifying headings in a single print-only file in a method of creating a series of stacked headed certificates from a plurality of unheaded certificates printed on printed paper. advancing the printed material through a heading stage 9, comprising: a) as a series of stacks of printed sheets that are not removed;
stacking labeled printed matter, each stack containing a predetermined number of sheets, with all sheets of each stack containing the same number of heading prints; b) dividing the stacked sheets into stacks of independent heading prints, i.e. certificates; and C) the step of labeling each print is controlled such that the captions of each independent stack form a predetermined continuous column from one end of the file to the other. .

Further, in a second configuration of the present invention, in an apparatus for creating a stack of a series of indexed certificates from a plurality of prints of certificates without headings on a printed sheet, a unique identifying heading is added to a single file of passing prints only. including a heading station that prints: a) as a series of stacks of printing sheets that are not removed;
means for stacking labeled printed matter, each stack containing a predetermined number of sheets, with all pieces of paper in each stack containing the same number of heading prints; b) means for stacking the stacked pieces of paper into separate heading prints, i.e. stacks of certificates; and C) means for controlling the unique heading for each print in the heading staging line so that each independent stack of headings forms a predetermined continuous column from one end of the file to the other. It is characterized by

Effects> Since the method of the present invention performs indexing on single-line printing, the problem of printing different lines being completed at different times does not occur. The number of exceptional "5urplus" certificates downstream of the indexing station is the minimum.

By having complete control over the indexing device (actually by computer control), it is possible to remove correctly printed but incorrectly indexed prints (a solution to the problem is possible. Pieces of paper containing printing can be removed before stacking, even if the printing is smeared.

In other words, the correctly indexed prints include only usable certificates and no other certificates, and the process can proceed to the next step without removing defective certificates.

Regarding safety issues, the method of the invention makes it possible to reduce the mechanical processing of indexed printed matter to a relatively small number of simple operations, as explained below. By providing a valid print station immediately preceding the heading station, the integrity classification upstream of the heading station is maintained at a low level as far as the heading station is concerned, so that the print has its full deed value. Mechanically, there is only simple indexing and subsequent steps.

Since only single-line printing passes through the indexing station, mechanical reliability at the indexing station is further improved because the number of indexers is reduced.

All of the advantages of the invention depend on the overall control of the indexer. For the foreseeable future, there is no alternative to letterpress printing as a heading method. The letterpress printing wheels can be provided with respective stepping motors and position sensing devices. All stepper motors are computer controlled and a proper indexing process allows indexing errors to be immediately detected and the indexer to be immediately reconfigured after each print pass. For example, a heading stage of 100 adjacent prints on one sheet may be employed, with a stack of 100 certificates downstream of the heading station, and a series of headed certificates immediately after the heading station. Stacks can be created from scratch. It is often necessary to reconfigure the indexer after every 100 good sheets pass through the indexer station. This is not possible in systems where manual reconfiguration is required, but the computer control of the present invention makes it simpler than the process of numbering a single unit each time a sheet passes through a indexing station. .

Manual reconfiguration is required only when changing the prefix/suffix. This occurs at relatively long intervals, for example 8 hours or more, and the frequency of this manual operation is not a hindrance.

The splitting process is likely to be more time consuming than subsequent processing steps and processes dealing with individual certificate stacks. To speed up the splitting process, the stack stream of sheets can be split into multiple (perhaps two) spaced lanes for cutting. Stacks in lanes can be cut side by side at the same time or one lane at a time. It is desirable to verify that each stack contains the correct number of sheets by counting the sheets at the dividing station.

EXAMPLES In order to better understand the present invention and to clarify its effectiveness, examples will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, as shown in FIG.
From idle roller 211, web draw roll 212,
It is pulled out to the certification device P via the edge guide 213 and web scanner 214. The device P includes an upper rubber cylinder 216
Upper plate cylinder 215 and ink supply device 217 in contact with
and a lower plate cylinder 218 and a lower ink supply device 220 in contact with the lower blanket cylinder 219. Rubber cylinder 216
and 219 each have a rubber sheet on its surface to receive the ink image and transfer it to the print on the web W.

The ink image is deposited onto the blanket cylinders by printing plates mounted on each plate cylinder. Ink is supplied to the printing plates by respective ink supply devices. In this way, validation prints can be applied to both sides of the web W.

The web W that has passed between the rubber Wis 4216 and 219 is sent to a drying device 221 with a smoke exhaust duct, which is, for example, an ultraviolet or infrared drying device.

The web W then passes successively through the first, second, third and fourth indexing stations Jl, 2, 3 and 4.

The structure of each indexing stacylin is identical.

In the first indexing station, the impression cylinder 222 has a resilient rubber surface and presses the web W at its periphery against a indexing cylinder 223 having an ink supply 224, causing the print on the web to flow from the cylinder 223 to its own ink. An identifying heading can be printed.

The second indexing station likewise has an impression cylinder 225 and a index cylinder 226.

Similarly, the third and fourth indexing stations have impression cylinders 227 and 229 and indexing cylinders 228 and 230, respectively.

Each indexing cylinder has up to six indexers arranged evenly around its circumference.

Its structure and operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3-6. The indexer could pass over the web and apply two similar index symbols to each print.

Downstream from the fourth heading station is a heading scanning device 231 which verifies the presence of each heading printed on each printed product and sends that information via line 260 to computer controller 257. Computer controller 257 controls indexing cylinder 22 via command line 258.
3, 226, 228 and 230, respectively.

The web W is transferred from the scanning device 231 to the idler roller 232,
Upper drying device 233. The web passes around the idler roller 234, an edge guide device 235, an idler roller 236, and a web take-up roll 237, and then reaches a sheeting drum 238 that cuts the web W into paper pieces S of the same length. The cut pieces of paper are pushed down from the drum 238 to the tape 240.
It is sent onto the lower transport tape 239. The tape 239 decelerates the paper pieces to create a stacked flow 241 of continuous paper pieces S.
generate. At the downstream end of the tape 239, the leading edge of the paper strip S contacts a leading edge alignment device 242 and is sent by a swinging gripper-conveying device 243 to a gripping device 244 on a take-off conveyor, where it is sent to a splash tray 246 and a reuse tray 249. It will be done. Information on each of these trays includes computer-controlled gripper opening cams 247, 250, which selectively distribute respective pieces of paper S from gripper 244 to trays 246, 249, respectively. The released pieces of paper are each decelerated by suction deceleration devices 245 and 248 as they enter the tray.

If a particular piece of paper S is rejected by the computer 257, for example because it has an incorrect heading, the cam 2 on the push-out tray 246
47 is actuated by computer 257 via line 261 to send the pieces of paper S determined to be defective to tray 246.

The pieces of paper with headings S that were not determined to be defective are handled by the gripper.
244 and controlled by computer 257 via command line 262.
The alternating operation of opening cams 253 and 256 feeds into collection trays 252 and 255, respectively.

Furthermore, suction deceleration means 251 and 254 are provided at the upstream ends of trays 252 and 255, respectively. Each tray correctly aligns its own piece of paper and
It has a device (not shown) for counting the number of pieces of paper S therein. The data from the counting means is stored in the computer 257.
will be returned to.

Normally, correctly labeled pieces of paper S are fed into only one of the two accumulation trays 252 and 255 until a total of 100 correctly labeled pieces of paper S are accumulated in that tray. Then, the computer 257 activates the other of the two deflectors 253 and 256, and thereafter the pieces of paper S are accumulated in the other of the two trays 252 and 255.

Scanner 214 scans the web W leaving reel 210 and sends a signal to computer 257 via line 259 when it detects prints containing smeared prints. It is desirable for this detector to identify the smudge itself, but in reality, it involves manually inspecting prints on the web and detecting flags placed by hand on each print that has been previously determined to be smudged on the web. Become. The computer assigns the splash tray 246 to the portion of the web W containing the smeared print (i.e. the piece of paper S), and assigns the splash tray 246 to the section of the web W containing the smeared print (i.e. the piece of paper S)
Correct the heading device settings on 8,230 for the loss of pieces of paper.

During the correction period for defective pieces of paper, a portion of the web W is transferred to stages 1 and 11 without printing or heading.
-4 can be passed. The paper pieces S coming out of the web part of Party B are stored in the reuse tray 249 by the computer 257.
assigned to.

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the invention, in which individual pieces of paper S are successively pulled out from the top of a stack 10 of single-line banknotes by means of a separating device 11. The successive pieces of paper S are sent to the paper feed conveyor 12 and sent to a validation printing device (validation page).
In synchronization with the machine cycle of the rint unit) P, the leading end of each piece of paper S is gripped by the gripping device 13, and this gripping device 13 accelerates the sheet S, passing through the leading end gribping device 14 on the transfer cylinder and facing the upper blanket cylinder 16. It is sent to the lower rubber cylinder 15. Note that the enabling device P is the first
It may be configured as shown in the figure and operated in the same manner.

The paper strip S, which has passed between the blanket cylinders 15 and 16, is fed onto the periphery of the drying cylinder 27 of a drying device 26, which has its own tip gribping device 28. This drying device 26 has a fume exhaust duct 29 .

The paper pieces S, which have been subjected to validation printing and have been dried, pass over an impression cylinder 30 of twice the diameter of the indexing stage, and their leading ends are successively gripped by the gribping device 31 in the same manner as described above.

As in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the direction of rotation of all cylinders is indicated by arrows. For example, in the case of the impression cylinder 30, it is as indicated by arrow f. The cylinder 30 has two gribping devices 31, each feeding a respective piece of paper S passing from its tip to a first indexing drum 32, second, third and fourth indexing drums 33, 34 and 35. Drum 32-3
5 have the same structure.

The impression cylinder 30 has a resilient rubber surface around which it presses the strips S against the indexing drum, so that the print on each strip S is given its unique identifying index from one of the drums 32-35. The operation of the indexing drum will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3-6.

Downstream of the last indexing drum 35 there is a index reader 36 which ascertains the presence of a index print on each of the prints on the sheet S and sends this information via line 38 to the computer control unit. Computer controller 37 connects indexing drum 32 via command line 39.
-35 operations.

The labeled sheets S are first removed from the impression cylinder 30 by transfer means 40.41 each having a tip gribping device 42.43. The leading edges of the paper strips S from the downstream transfer 41 are successively gripped by a gribping device on a take-up conveyor 44, 45, passed through a spouting tray 46, and an identification applied to each printed material on the sheet S by a drying device 47. Let the heading ink dry.

If a particular piece of paper S is rejected by the computer 37, for example because it has an incorrect heading, the deflection device 49 above the splash tray 46 is moved by the computer 37 to the line 49.
F is operated to send the paper piece S determined to be defective to the tray 46.

A further preferred embodiment includes a reusable tray, as in the embodiment of FIG.

The pieces of paper S with headings that are not determined to be defective are stored in the drying device 4.
7 to either of the collecting trays 51 and 52 by operation of either deflector 53 or 54 by the computer processor via command line 50.

The conveyor 45 operates at high speed and is provided at the upstream end of the trays 46, 51 and 52 with means 48 for decelerating the paper strips after they have been released by the gripper device holding them.

The accumulated 100 pieces of paper S are pulled out from the tray to a finishing line, which will be described later with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

The numbering devices 32 to 35 (also applicable to FIG. 1) are shown in more detail in FIGS. 3 to 6. Each device consists of ten printing disks 111 to 120, the first four of which, 111 to 114, are labeled with the required prefix or suffix, and the remaining disks 115
The numbers 0 to 120 are numbered 0 to 9, respectively. These ten disks are housed in the first and second side plates 121 and 122, and each of the four numbering devices 32 to 35 has six disks arranged in the same portion in an arc around the numbering drum. It has a group of discs up to. One section 123 is shown in FIG.

Each of the six number wheels 115-120 is driven by its own stepper motor. That is, the disk 12
0 is driven by a gear 120G on a shaft 120S of a stepping motor 120M. Each of the six stepping motors 115M-120M is controlled by a computer 37. 3 and 6, the driving force of stepping motors 117M and 118M (not shown) is transmitted to the indexing disc 1 through countershafts 117C and 118C and gears 117G and 118G, respectively.
17 and 118 (in FIGS. 4 to 6, 1-158, 1163,
1193 is the motor shaft, 115G, 116G, 11
9G indicates a gear. ). This allows each of the six stepping motors of the indexing device section to cover its own portion. Each stepper motor has a position sensing device, such as a shaft encoder (not shown), and a computer 37
The operation of the motor is controlled correctly. Feedback from the detection device to the computer allows the computer to confirm the settings of the heading device. That is, the sensors 36, 231 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) check for the presence of a heading, and the detection device on the stepping motor checks whether the detected heading is the correct heading. If the heading is incorrect or missing, the sheet is removed.

Generally, side plates 121 and 122 on the indexing drum
On the other hand, it is convenient for adjusting the device to allow some limited peripheral movement.

Up to six indexing disk groups on the indexing drum 532 are supplied with printing ink from an ink supply device 321, and similarly on the drums 33 to 35 other ink supply devices 3 are supplied.
3I-35I are provided. These ink supply devices 321-35I are shown conceptually in FIG.

In practice, it is convenient to provide means for turning on and off the flow of ink to the indexing disc under control of the computer 37. One way to do this is to move the indexing disc under the control of the computer 37 so that the indexing disc can move on and off the indexing disc as it passes through the indexing device by rotation of the indexing drum. A roller is provided.

In the embodiment described above, the indexing devices are computer controlled so that the required unique six digit heading is provided to any of the indexing devices very quickly.

A stepper motor to accomplish this is located on the side of the indexing disc. This configuration is effective when the sheet to be indexed consists of only a single line of printed matter.

The operation of these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art of the invention and computer control from the above description.

That is, when the computer 37 detects that one of the sheets passing through the transfer wheels 40 is a defective sheet based on the data from the heading reader 36, the following operations are performed: (a) the defective sheet is sent to the tray 46; (bl Computer 37 indexes drum 3
Replace the settings of the numbering device on 2 to 35 with settings suitable for generating correct headings for sheets determined to be defective, that is, correctly resetting the appropriate numbering device; (C)
If necessary, one or more machine cycles may be carried out under computer control in which no paper is fed from the stack 10 to the validation station P.
Reset the heading device between cycles, but the press continues to run with the plate cylinders out of print position, the blanket cylinders are spaced, and the ink supply device is moved away from its normal position. drive.

(dl) Once the indexer has been reconfigured and the machine cycle has completed, a paper feed is recommended; (e) The presence of a defective sheet in tray 46 is recorded and computer 37 identifies the defective sheet for later printout. Remember Necessary Details; In web feeding embodiments where the paper feed cannot be easily stopped, unmarked portions are stored in a reuse tray for reuse.

In normal operation of the device, all indexers are manually set to the same prefix or suffix. - The use of only one constant prefix or suffix in a single run greatly simplifies the handling of indexed certificates. In actual operation, the device of the present invention prints a print-validation certificate.
ed notes) or the need for a stock of heading certificates can be completely eliminated. These stocks pose a significant maintenance risk, but in the device of the present invention, the mechanical complexity and extent of third party intervention are minimized because the product of the activated printing and heading device is sent to shrink wrap. Therefore, the risk can be completely eliminated.

The possible output of the finishing line, which handles piles of labeled printed strips, may be significantly greater than the maximum output of the indexing station. In such cases, it is advantageous to arrange two (or more) single-row heading lines in parallel and feed their products to one common finishing line.

In the embodiment described above, the validation printing device P is a dry offset device. Of course, a wet offset device can also be used for papermaking instead. This validation device is capable of applying completely identical printing images to both sides of the certificate. For some users, this verification is a common practice to make counterfeiting more difficult.

The numbering device need not take the form shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Devices operating on different principles may be used provided that the correct standards of print quality are met. Less than six motorized discs can be used, as well as any number of manually set discs. For example, the US dollar bill may use manual setting discs at each end of the disc group and a motor control disc in the center.

In other sheet feeding embodiments, a double diameter impression cylinder 30
It is advantageous to replace the cylinder with an impression cylinder of double diameter.

The finishing line downstream of the indexing stage line will be explained with reference to FIG. In this case, the products discharged from the two indexing stages 1 on discharge conveyors 110 and 111 are handled in a single line.

A feed conveyor 112 to a cutting stage block 113 is provided between the two discharge conveyors. A lateral pusher (not shown) controlled by a heading control computer directs stacks of paper strips from each of discharge conveyors 110 and 111 to feed conveyor 112. The drawing shows one possible discharge procedure, in which two stacks are discharged from the two lines and after a certain interval the two stacks, indicated by dashed lines, are sent simultaneously to the supply conveyor.

18. Cutting x Teethison consists of standard gastric acid. The stacks S are delivered by a conveyor 112 to a rear bed 114 where they are moved alternately from side to side by pushers 115. A double pusher 116 and 117 controlled by a computer 37 advances the stack S in stages, first to 119 and then under the guillotine blade 118 in passes 120, so that the blade stacks only one pass at a time. cut. One side of the stack is blade 118
while being cut into stacks of individual certificates by
The cutter moves to a position where it can cut the next stack S. First and second counting devices 121, 122 are provided to count the number of pieces of paper in each stack before cutting.

The pieces of paper in each stack may have a cutter on their leading edge, especially if the pieces of paper are not webs (made from printed sheets). This is done by blade 118 before the pieces of paper are cut into individual certificates. The waste of the cut material is removed.
It is discharged by opening suction ports 123 and 124 (under the control of computer 37).

The stack K separated into individual certificates is aligned by first and second butchers 125 and 126 and clamps 127 on first and second conveyors 128 and 129.
and then to a merging station 130 where lateral conveyors feed the stack K to a single conveyor 131 which advances the stack K to the remaining stations on the finishing line.

After stabilization (optional) at station 201, the individual packs are fed to the upstream end of conveyor 73, which sequentially passes the packs to station 202 for downstream banding, and to on-band printing stage thin 203. send.

Next, the pack is advanced to a turntable 75 that rotates the pack 180 degrees every other turn. Butsusha 204
further sends the pack K to the conveyor 205, and the bands on the pack are alternately shifted left and right.

Groups of 10 consecutive packs are sent to bin 206;
1 discharged onto the horizontal conveyor 207 and arranged in order.
Banding is done at station 7 as bundle B in 0 packs.
8 and a central band 79 is placed around the bundle. At top printing station 208, central band 79 is applied with an identification code (usually a computer-generated set of numbers, but if desired, a verification barcode). Typically, these numbers will be closely related to the respective identifying headings on the certificates in bundle B (e.g., the highest and lowest headings in bundle B), such as the numbers on the center band 79 and the certificates visible from outside bundle B. Random checks can be performed by comparing numbers.

Bundle B is turned sideways at the downstream end of conveyor 207;
The number of packs in the banded bundle B can be counted by the scanning device of the scanning stage 81 on the conveyor 209. This can be easily done by changing the color of the certificate paper and the band around the bundle.

The conveyor 209 transports the bundle B to the shrink wrapping station 82.
The hot air then shrinks the wrapper 84 at the wrapping station 82 in a shrink tunnel 83 .

The shrink-wrapped bundle is sent to a discharge station 85, placed in a storage case, and stored or shipped as required.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 8, a stack 270 of 100 sheets arrives on two parallel conveyors side by side.

Upon reaching the guillotine bed, the left hand stack 274 is pushed by the pusher 276 to a counting position 275 where it is counted by the counter 271. Similarly, the stack 279 on the right hand side is pushed by the pusher 281 to the counter 272 at the counting position 280.

After counting, the left hand 277 and right hand 282 pushers move the stack to the left hand 278 and right hand 283 cutting positions, from where the stack is sequentially fed by the common pusher 273 under the guillotine clamp 284 and blade 285. A slot 286 removes chips. The stacks of shredded certificates in the two lanes are aligned and turned upwards by a start-stop rotation device 287 and by a device 288.
It is banded at the top and then turned upwards. The band is overprinted in a printing device 289 and stapled (if necessary) in a stapling device 290. At 291 the stacks are alternately rotated 180 degrees and at 292 5 or 10 (as required) stack packs are assembled. These packs are collected at 293, banded at 294, overprinted at 295, and
96, it is rotated 90 degrees. Similar to the previous example,
In this example as well, it is scanned at 297, wrapped at 298, heated at 299 to shrink the packaging, and heated at 299 to shrink the packaging.
is discharged.

There is not only a single file on the web (it is more convenient to print images of multiple files. In this case, the multi-file web is sent one after the other to a heading station, each one marking only one file, Downstream of the indexing station, the web can be cut lengthwise and the single file strips stacked; alternatively, preferably, the single file web can be separated from the rest of the web upstream of the indexing station, and the single file strips can be stacked upstream of the indexing station. The machine can be operated with each single file web.In actual operation, a paper accumulator is interposed between the web slitter and each indexing station cylinder.A method of operation which is also preferred for practical purposes is to One file web is stored on its own reel and the web is later fed from the reel to a heading station.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a web feed indexing station at the upstream end of a banknote finishing line according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a sheet feed indexing station at the upstream end of the banknote finishing line. , FIG. 3 is a side view of the indexing device in the indexing station;
Figures 4 to 6 are respectively ■2■ of Figure 3. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the lines ■-■ and ■-■. FIG. 7 is a plan view of a cutting, banding, and packaging station along a finishing line according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of a second finishing station along a finishing line according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view similar to the embodiment. ■... Indexing station 115-120... Number wheel 37, 257... Computer 11... Separation device 32-35... Indexing drum 30... Impression cylinder

Claims (7)

[Claims] (1) in the step of passing through a heading station that prints a sequence of unique identifying headings in a single print-only file: a) as a series of stacks of unremoved printing sheets, each stack containing a predetermined number of strips; all of the pieces of paper in each stack contain the same number of labeled prints; b) dividing said stack of pieces of paper into stacks of individual labeled prints, i.e. certificates;
and c) on printing paper, characterized in that the step of labeling each print is controlled such that the captions of each independent stack form a predetermined continuous column from one end of said file to the other. A method for creating a series of stacked heading documents from multiple unheaded printouts. (2) i) inspecting for the presence of defaced printing before the stacking step; ii) removing the pieces of paper with the detected defacement before the stacking step; and iii) the step of applying headings not being removed. A method for producing a series of indexed document stacks from a plurality of non-headline printed products as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the control is such that a continuous row is completed within a piece of paper. (3) i) ensuring that the unremoved pieces of paper are indexed according to the predetermined columns before stacking; ii) removing the unindexed pieces of paper before stacking; and iii) applying headings. Stacking a series of indexed documents from a plurality of non-headline printed matter according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the stacking of a series of indexed documents is controlled such that a continuous row is completed within a piece of paper that has not been removed. How to create. (4) In an apparatus having a heading station for printing successive unique identifying headings as said file is passed into a single print-only file, a) each stack is designated as a series of stacks of printed sheets that are not removed; b) means for dividing said stack of paper strips into individual stacks of labeled prints, i.e. certificates; ) a plurality of means for controlling the indexing of each printed product at said indexing station so that the indexes of each independent stack form a predetermined continuous column from one end of said file to the other; A device that creates a series of stacks of indexed documents from unheaded printed matter. (5) The apparatus further comprises means for supplying independent pieces of the printed printing paper to the indexing station. A device that creates stacks. (6) Creating a stack of a series of indexed documents from a plurality of non-headline printed matter according to claim 4, characterized in that the indexing device comprises a plurality of indexing devices around a common impression cylinder. device to do. (7) Stacking a series of indexed documents from a plurality of non-headline printed products as claimed in claim 4, further comprising means for feeding said continuous web of printed sheets to a indexing station. The device to create.